Try man -t cat | lp -dstdout >/tmp/cat.ps cat /tmp/cat.ps >/dev/lpt1data
and see which is taking the long time. Presumably it's the cat to lpt1data, but devlpt hasn't changed in at least 3 years. Russ On 5/11/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > With, for example, man -t cat|lp the printer light starts blinking right after > <return>. It then takes about 4 minutes before printing begins; the output > is proper. > > The action is the same with or without the change to lpdspool suggested in the > *printer configuration* document. > > This problem appeared about 6 months ago, possibly after a replica/pull. > Before that I noticed no delay in printing man pages this way. > > The printer is an NEC 1800N with 12MB memory, driven via lpt. It's a > postscript printer. > > Suggestions, please. > > Thanks, > -Tom >
